Carton-filling machine.



M. J. MILMOE.

CARTON FILLING MACHiNE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.22, 1914.

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MICHAEL J. MILMOE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO I. B. BEIJING-TON COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A. CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

CARTON-FILLING- MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

Application filed August 22, 1914. Serial No. 857,996.

\ of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carton-Filling Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in carton filling machines and one ofthe objects of my invention is to provide an i proved machine of this character which wi 1 open cartons which are manufactured in a collapsed condition, fill these cartons with the articles, material or merchandise which they are to contain and close the filled carton by folding and fastening the flaps thereof, this being preferably done in one continuous operation.

Another object of my invention is to provide an improved machine of this character which will be simple, durable and reliable in construction, effective and efficient in operation, and capable of rapid and continuous operation.

Other objects of my invention will appear hereinafter.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in elevation of one side of a machine embodyin'gmy invention. Fig 2 is'a view in elevation of the other side of said machine. Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan view of the carton magazine. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the machine shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the carton magazine being removed. Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical section on the line 55 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6

is an enlarged view in elevation of the mechanism shown in the upper left hand corner of Fig. 1, this view showing the magazines and the mechanism for extracting the cartons, openingthem, and filling them. Fig. 7 is an enlarged plan viewof the mechanism shown in Fig. .6, this view being taken substantially on the line 7 7 of Fig. 6 with the carton magazine removed and the tube magazine being partially broken away.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged plan view of the flap tucking mechanism shown at the right hand side of Fig. .4. Fig. 9 is a transverse section on the line 99 of Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a detail of the flap tucker. Fig. 11 is a detail section on the lines 1111 of Figs. 4 and 8; and Figs. 12 to 20 inclusive are diagrammatic views illustrating the severalup, but when they steps in the operations of extracting the cartons, opening them, filling them, folding the side end flaps, and folding and tucking or fastening the long or outer flaps to completely close the filled carton. Fig. 21 is an enlarged sectional detail on the line 2121 of Fig. 1.

My invention com'prehends the filling and closing of cartons with merchandise, the cartons being of the type which is manufactured and supplied to the user in a collapsed or flattened out form. These cartons are usually made of heavy paper, thin wood or similar material and are' generally scored or creased along the lines upon which the folds are to be made. They are generally rectangular in section when they are opened come from the manufacturer the bodyportion of the cartons is flattened out with its four walls lying in substantially a single plane. These cartons are also generally supplied with end flaps which are intended to be folded one upon the other and fastened after the carton has been opened up into rectangular form and filled. When they come from the manufacturer however the end flaps lie in substantially the same plane as the four walls of the body portion thus leaving the ends of the body portion open. In the machine shown in the drawings the cartons of this type are placed in the magazine in this flattened or collapsed condition, and from this magazine they are taken, opened, filled, and their end flaps folded up and fastened. My invention contemplates the filling of these cartons with the various classes of merchandise or articles which-it is customary to inclose in cartons of this type. The drawings, however, show amachine which is arranged to insert the socalled collapsible tubes which generally contain such merchandise as tooth-paste, library-paste, glue or mucilage and the like, and it is in connection with this machine that I will describe my invention. These tubes of the collapsibletype are illustrated at Ain Figs.

4, 6, and 7. They are generally substan tially as long as the carton in which they are placed and are circular in section. Their bottom ends however, as indicated by A, are flattened to form a straight line, which line is necessarily longer than the diameter of the body of the tubes. These tubes are described :..to this extent because lever 14 the flattened ends are positioned diagonally in the cartons and, as I will later explain, I provide mechanism for positioning or justifying these flattened ends with respect to the carton.

The collapsible. tubes A are fed to the gravity, and the end tube is extracted or.

ejected laterally from the magazine, that .3 is in a direction transverse to the line of movement of the tubes in the magazine.

A plurality of the collapsed cartons B are placed one above another in a stack in a magazine C and the lower parallel edges of the cartons normally rest upon inturned ledges or shoulders 2 on the lower end of the side members 3 of said magazine. This magazine is mounted upon the frame 4: of the machine, itbeing supported by the upstanding standards 5. The standards 5 support a plate member 6 at their upper ends and the side members or verticals 3 of the magazine are adjustable along this plate to vary the size of the magazine for adjustment with respect to different sized cartons, this adjustment being secured in any desirable manner such, for instance, as the bolts 7 and slots 8-. The side members carry adjustable end guides 9 which prevent endwise movement of the cartons while the extracting arm enters them for the purpose of withdrawing them. Mounted in the standards 5 is a transverse shaft and guide rod 10 upon which a reciprocating rocker frame E is carried which is substantially rectangular in form. This frame has an extension 11 at its outer end which carries a long knife-like arm or member 12 disposed parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cartons in the magazine. This frame is adapted to be rocked about the shaft 10 as a center by means of a link'13 (Figs. 2 and 5 and 7) one end of which is connected to the mem- -ber 14 of frame E and the other end of which is connected to one end or arm of the Thislever 14 is pivoted at 15 on a transverse shaft 15 and its other arm carries a roller 16 which operates in the groove 17 of a cam 18, the cam 18 being fastened on the main transverse shaft 19. Thus the arm or member 12 will be rocked or oscillated beneath the carton magazine 1. The

frame E and hence the arm; 12 are also adapted to be reciprocated longitudinally upon the shaft 10 and this also is accomplished by means of a cam 20 on the shaft 19 through the mediumof interconnected mechanism. Bv reference to Figs. 2, 5, and 7, and 21, it will be seen that a shaft 21 is journaled in suitable bearings in the frame above the top or bed plate 22 of said frame. This shaft has an upstanding arm 23 the upper end of which is yoked to straddle or embrace the shaft 10 and this upstanding arm 23 is positioned between one end of the rocker frame E and a cross member 24: of

said frame so that the reciprocation of the shaft 21 will be imparted to the rocker frame E and atthe same time the arm 23 being keyed to the shaft 21 will prevent said shaft 21 from being rotated. A portion of the shaft 21 is toothed as at 25 to form a rack which meshes with a spur gear 26 on the upper end of a vertical shaft 27. Adjacent its lower end (Figs. 1 and 21) the shaft 27 carries another gear 28 which is driven by a toothed rack 29 which is reciprocable in a suitable guideway. 30 on the frame. This rack 29 carries a roller 31 which rides in the groove 32 of the cam 20. Thus the rotation of the cam 20 will, through the medium of the mechanism just described, reciprocate the shaft 21 and hence the extractor and feedingarm 12. In this machine the arm 12 operates to extract or withdraw the end cartons from the magazine and feed them to the filling position. At the proper time this arm is shifted until its free end registers substantially with the end of the end carton in the magazine. It then rises until its free end as shown in Figs. 5, 6, and the diagrammatic views 12 and 13, is in position to enter between the walls of the lowermost carton. The arm is then shifted or moved longitudinally'until it is completely inserted within the carton.

Figs. 12 and 13 show the arm just entering the end of the carton. This arm 12 is preferably flat with its two edges rounded off to make them comparatively sharp, and when'in the position shown in Figs. 6 and 14, its two edges lie in a plane substantially transverse to the plane of the carton. The" forward lower edge is tapered upwardlyto meetthe upper edge at the end of the arm so as to facilitate its entering the carton; It will be noted that the arm rises above the plane of the two ledges 2 of the magazine so that when the arm enters the carton it positively raises all of the cartons in the stack except the lowermost carton above the ledges 2. In entering the carton'the arm, by reason of its width, opens. or expands the carton to some extent but this opening operation is merely incidental to the insertion of the arm 12 and the extent of opening is just that which is necessary for an arm of the proper strength to perform the work. The lower edge of the arm engages with the interior of the carton along the line 33 which constitutes the point of intersection of thetwo perpendicular walls of the carton when the carton is opened, that is the line or crease 33 is that along which the operation. Another reason for making the verticals of the magazine adjustable is so that arm l2-may engage the carton, always along this line 33 regardless of the size or width of the carton. After being inserted into the carton in. this manner, the arm moves downwardly in an arc, and in doing so ,it applies pressure or exerts a force against the interiorof the carton and pulls the edges 34 of the carton free of the ledges 2.

The slight opening of the carton by reason of the entrance of the arm 12 thereinto necessarily contracts the width of the carton between the two edgesto a slight extent but even though this contraction did not occur the arm 12 would necessarily pull or draw the carton free of the ledges 2. As shown --in the drawings and more particularly in Figs. 1,6, and 14 the arm 12, after extracting, or withdrawing the carton from the magazine, carries it downwardly in an arc to the filling=and opening position. The opening of the carton to the particular sectional configuration which the carton is designed to have takes place at the filling position by the operation of the arm 12 in conjunction with the two walls 35 and 36. In this machine the wall 36 is formed by the upper surface of a guide strip or plate 37 laid upon the top of the bed plate of the frame, and the wall 35 is formed by an upstanding member 38 fastened to the guide plate 37. These walls 35 and 36 are angularly disposed with respect to each other and the member 38 is adjusted so that the are on which the arm 12 moves will intersect the line of intersection of the planes in which both walls 35 and 36 lie. This angular relation of the walls 35 and 36 is determined, of course, by the particular sectional shape or configuration of the carton to be opened. In the present case'the cartons are rectangular in section, hence the walls 35 and 36 are disposed at right angles to each other. As the arm 12 moves downwardly with the cartons, it carries or forces the edges 34 of the carton against the walls 35 and 36 as shown clearly in dotted lines in Fig. 14. These two edges 34 of the cartonare thus held or restrained by the walls 35 and 36 but the arm 12 continues until it has carried the crease or fold 33 of the carton to the point of intersection of the planes in which the walls 35 and 36 lie. ton will be given, or opened to, a sectional configuration in accordance with the angle between the walls 35 and 36, this being, as just mentioned, accomplished by the relative movement of the walls and 36 and the arm 12. Thus it is observed thatthe carton after-being extracted from the magazine is Thus the caropen end of the-article or'tube galley 1. In other words the carton is now in substantial alinement with'the end tube A at the end of the tube magazine 1. The end tube in the magazine positions itself by the action of gravity in the path of an ejector arm 46 which reciprocates across the lower end of the magazine 1-. This ejector arm is mounted upon the end of the reciprocating shaft 21 and hence it moves or reciprocatesin unison with the arm 12. These parts are so timed that after the arm 12 has opened the carton it is Withdrawn from the end of the carton which it entered. The ejector arm 40, however, moves in unison with the arm 12 and its end strikes or engages the tube A and moves said tube longitudinally into the open end of the carton, the space between the ends of theejector arm 40 and the arm. 12 being proper to allow for the. occupancy of the tube A. The ejector arm moves far enough to push or insert the tube completely into the carton, this movement being also suflicient forthe arm 12 to clear the carton when it withdraws. The ejector arm 40 moves across the end of the galley l and holds the next tube from dropping or moving into position to be ejected, but when the arm 12 moves into the next carton the ejector arm 40 will of course withdraw and allow the next tube to move into position. It will be remembered that when the tubes are placed in the galley their flattened ends A lie in the particular angular position which they happen to assume. Vhen the tubes are positioned in the cartons, however, it is preferable in the present instance that these flattened ends lie diagonally with respect to the cartons, and for this reason I provide positioning or justifying means by which this diagonal relation is accomplished. It will be noted that adjacent the end of the tube galley 1 is an abutment 41 in the form of a transverse member bolted to the frame. This abutment member has a cam face or surface 42 which, as shown in Figs; (Sand 7, operates on the flattened ends of the tubes to impart a rotary movement to the tubes about their longitudinal axes as they move into the carton. This member or justi-.

disposed at thelower end of the galley in position-to be engaged by the flattened ends of the tubes. This operates to rotate the tubes to such an extent that the flattened ends will engage the.justifyingdevicea 1 After ethesarm .1.2,-h as withdrawn and the article inserted into the carton the filled carton is moved or transported along the guide plate 37 and during its progress along this guideway the folding or turning in of some of its end flaps takes place. In the present case the cartons have three flaps at each end. Two of these flaps 45 and 46 at each end are attached to opposite parallel walls of the carton (see Figs. 15 to 20) and for convenience of description I will term these the side or inner flaps. The third flap 47 at the ends'of the carton is attached one to each wall of the remainin walls of the carton and 1 term this flap 4 the outer flap. The flaps 47 are longer than the flaps 4'5 and 46 and a portion of their free ends is adapted to be folded into the plane of the wall opposite to that on which the flap isvhinged and then tucked into the carton for the purpose of finishing off the carton and fastening the flaps. The transport mechanism which moves the filled cartons along the guide plate is preferably in the form of two sets of fingers or risers 48 and 49 (see Figs. 2, 4, 5, and 6). These are preferably formed from one piece of material and are spaced apart laterally so that they may operate in slots in the bed plate and along the sides of the guide plate 37. They are arranged so that While the carton is being opened and filled they will lie below the level of the guide plate, but at the proper time they rise above said guide plate, engage the carton, and move it along the guide plate. This rising and falling motion is givento the transport mechanism by means of a suitable cam 50 keyed on the shaft 19 (see Fig. 5). 'The transport device is carried on a shaft 51 (see Fig. 2) which is journaled to reciprocate in a yokeshaped member 52. This member 52 is mounted upon the upper end of a bar 53. The bar 53 carries an anti-friction roller 54 which operates in a groove 55 of the cam 50 and byv reason of this arrangement vertical reciprocation is imparted to the transport device. The bar 53 is mounted in a guide 56 on the frame and its lower end is forked to straddle the shaft 19. The guide 56 and the forked lower end of this bar maintain it'in a definite line of movement. The horizontal movement of the transport device is obtained by connecting the shaft51 with one end of a lever 57 by means of links 58 (Fig. 2). The other end of this lever is pivoted at 59 in the lower part of the frame of the machine. Intermediate its ends the lever 57 carries an antifriction roller 60 which operates in a groove 61 of a cam 62 keyed on the shaft 19. Thus the swinging of the lever 57 oscillates the transport device horizontally and imparts movement to the cartons along the guide plate. The two cams and mechanisms operated thereby which have just been described impart a movement to the transport device which follows a rectangular or substantially rectangular patha portion of which lies below the guide plate 37 and another portion of which lies above the guide plate 37. While the carton is moving away from the filling position the inner flaps 45 are folded or turned inwardly. This is done by two arms 63 (see Figs. 1, 2, 4, 5, 15. and 16) which are fastened on the shaft 15' so as to rock in unison and which are spaced apart substantially the length of the body portion of the carton. The upper endsof these folder arms have forward extensions 64 which engage, as seen more'clearly in the diagrammatic views Figs. 15 and 16, the flaps 45 substantially at the point where the flaps 45 are hinged to the-body portion of the carton. Although the carton is moving,

the folder arms move forward at a greater rate of speed in the same direction and-thus turn or fold in. the flaps 45 to their closed position as shown in dotted line in Figl'lii. These folder arms are given their movement in proper timed relation by means of a'icam 65 keyed on the shaft 19 and driven thereby. This cam hasa groove 66' in which operates the rollered end 67 of an arm 68. The other end of the arm '68 is keyed to the shaft 15 so as to rock said shaft and hence the folder arm 63. While the carton is being filled the folder ends of the arm 63 stand normally. in the position shown more clearly in Fig.2 readyto advance when the carton advances. One of these arms 63, the one nearest the arm 12, has an extension or foot piece 69. which, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5, engages the end of the bottom wall of the carton and which effectively operates to prevent longitudinal movement or shifting of the carton by the withdrawal of the arm 12 and the insertion of the tube A. The folder arms 63,

after folding in the inner flaps 45, return to perform the same operation on the succeeding carton. but the carton continues its movement until the other inner flaps-46 engage two upstanding projections 70in the path of the cartonon the frame. These folder members 70 are similar to the folder v ends 64 of the folder arms 63 except that they are fixed, hence the movement of the carton past them causes them to turn or fold in theflaps 46 upon the already turned in flaps 45. -Thiscondition of the carton is shown in Fig. 16. The outer flaps now remain to be folded up and fastened.

It will be remembered that in the present instance the outer flap 47 at one end of the carton is attached to the upper or top wall of the carton while that at the other end is attached to the lower or bottom wall of the carton. These two flaps are operated upon simultaneously but as clearly shown in the drawings, more particularly in the diagrammatic views Figs. 17 to 20,-the means for operating upon them are relatively reversed with respect to each other.

The transport mechanism continues to move the carton along the guide plate until the outer flaps 47 engage two fixed folders 71 (see Figs. 1, 2, 8, 11, and 17). These folders 71 have cam faces 72 which operate, as the cart-on mo-ves ast them, to turn or rotate the outer aps through substantially ninety degrees (90). This operation is clearly illustrated in Figs. 11 and 17, the dotted lines in Fig. 17 clearly indicating several of the positions which the outer flaps assume during the progress of their engagement with the folder cams 71. This operation results in the outer l flaps being folded across .the end of the carto-nand superposed upon the two inner flaps as shown in full lines in Fig. 17. As before mentioned the outer flaps are considerably longer than the inner flaps and when in the position shown in Fig. 17 portions of thefree ends of said flaps project beyond the walls of the carton. It remains now to fasten these outer flaps and in the present case I do this by folding over said projecting free ends of the outer flaps and tucking them into the end of the carton. On each side of the path of the carton is an arm 75 which swings in a horizontal plane. These arms are mounted on parallel vertical shafts 76 at the end of the machine and by which the arms are'rotated. These shafts are journaled in bearings 77 on the frame, and at their lower ends they carry two arms 78. The inner ends of these arms are yoked and embrace. blocks 79 (Figs. 1 and 8) so as to form a sliding pivotalconnection with the block 79. This arrangement of the two arms 78 forms a toggle the knuckle of which is the sliding pivotal connection just mentioned. Thus by moving the knuckle of this to gle the arms '75 may be swung horizontally toward and from each other. The blocks 79 are connected to one end of a link 80 the otherend of which is, forked to embrace shaft 19 and form a sliding connection therewith (see Figs. 1 and 2). This link also carries a roller 81 which operates in the groove 82 of cam 83 which is carried by the shaft 19. Thusthe rotation of the cam 83 operates the toggle and hence the arms 75. The free ends of the arms 75 carry folding and tucking devices which are more clearly illustrated in Figs. 2, 8', 9, 18, 19, and 20. Qn the ends of the arms 75) are transverse plates 85. Theseplates lie parallel with the walls of the carton and substantially flush with the upper and lower walls of said carton so that when the arms 7 5 are moved the inner ends of the plates 85 will slide along the corresponding walls of the carton. The ex treme inner ends 86 of these plates are rounded off so as to engage the free ends 87 of the outer flaps and nose or bend them down against outer surface of the corresponding walls of the carton. This. is clearly shown in Fig. 18. The end edges 88 of the corresponding walls of the carton serve as a folding edge for the free end of the flaps. that is to say these end edges 88 are sufliciently rigid to cause a sharp definite bend of the flap, and of course they also determine the proper place at which the bends of the flap are to-be made. The bending or folding of these free ends'87 is also assisted by the shoulders dr abutments '89 which are fixed .on the plates 85 and which move against the flaps 46 as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 18. At the point 90 the plates 85 have a shoulder or projecting portion which extends beyond the general plane of the .plates 85 substantially the thickness of the flap. This forms. a hook, so to speak, which engages the extreme end of the flap so that when the plates 85 are swung outwardly as shown in Fig. 19, the flaps and the folded ends 87 thereof will be carried with the plates 85 until the extreme ends of the flaps clear the'end edges 88 of the carton walls. The free ends 87 are then pressed inward slightly until their extreme ends register with the inner surfaces of the corresponding carton walls. This is done by small depressors or detents' carried by the plates 85. The inner ends of the plates 85 (Fig. 8) are slotted longitudinally and in these slots are pivoted the detents 91 the pivotal point being at 92. These detents carry small transverse members 93 which normally occupy notches in the under surfaces of the plates 85' so as to lie flush with 'said. surfaces, and

spring pressed pins 94 (Fig. 9) pressing against the detents 91 normallv maintain the members 93 in their retracted position. When the flaps are carried outwardly by the plates 85 to the position shown in Fig. 19 the detents are adapted to strike yielding or spring pressed pin ab-utments 95 which depresses the members 93 and causes them to position the free end flaps 87 in line. with the inner surfaces of the carton walls. The plates 85 are then moved inwardly again and the shoulders 89 act against the flaps to tuck them into the carton as shown clearly in Fig. 20. The cam 83 which operates the folders and tuckers is of course proportioned so that it will impart two reciprocating movements to' the ,tuckers at the proper time to complete the fastening or tucking in of the outer I claim:

1. The combination of carton filling mechanism, means forsimultaneously opening and presenting the "cartons to said filling mechanism, and means for folding in the end flaps of the filled cartons.

2. The combination of means for holding a supply of cartons, means for filling the cartons, and means for entering the cartons and applying pressure on the interior of the cartons to open them and simultaneously present them to the filling means.

3. The combination of a magazine for holding a stack of normally collapsed cartons, means for extractingthe end carton from the magazine said neans being adapted to enter the carton and apply pressure against the interior of the carton, and means for holding the carton at separated points while said pressure is being applied to open the carton.

l. The combination of restraining means for holding a collapsed carton at separated points, and opening means adapted to enter the carton and apply pressure to the interior of the carton to open said carton and hold it open while said carton is being filled.

5. The combination of restraining means for holding a collapsed carton at separated points, opening means adapted to enter the carton and apply pressure to the interior of the carton at a point intermediate said separated points and while the carton is being held for opening the carton, means for withdrawing said opening means, and means for simultaneously filling the carton.

6. The combination of means adapted to enter a collapsed carton and contact with the carton on its interior along the line parallel with and intermediate of the side edges of the carton, angular-1y disposed walls having fixed relation to one another and adapted for engagement with the carton on separated lines' on opposite sides of said entering means, and means for relatively moving said Walls and means in opposite directions to open the carton.

7. The combination of means adapted to enter a collapsed carton and contact with the carton on its interior along the line parallel with and intermediate of the side edges of the carton, angularly disposed walls adapted for engagement with the carton on separated lines on opposite sides of said entering means, means for relatively moving said walls and means in opposite directions to open the carton, means for inserting an article into the opened carton, and means for folding in the end flaps of said carton.

8. The combination of two wall members disposed angnlarly with respect to' each other and adapted for engagement with the exterior of adjacent walls of a normally collapsed carton', and a movable arm adapted to be inserted into the carton and force the carton to the point of intersection of the planes of said wall members to open the carton.

9. The combination of two wall members disposed angularly with respect to each other and adapted for engagement with the exterior of adjacent walls of a normally collapsed carton; a movable armadapted to be inserted into the carton and force the carton to the point of intersection of the planes of said wall members to open the carton, and means operable upon the openin ofthe carton for inserting therein an article.

10. The combination of two wall members disposed angularly with respect to each other and adapted for engagement with the exterior of adjacent walls of anormally collapsed carton, a movable arm adapted to be inserted into the carton and force the carton to the point of intersection of the planes of said wall members to open the carton, means operable upon the opening of the carton for inserting therein an article,- and means forfolding in the end flapsof the filled carton. x 11. The combination of a magazine for holding a supply ofnormally collapsed cartons, and means adapted to enter the carton and exert pressure on the interior thereof to extract the carton from the supply, and means cooperating with said extractor to complete the opening of said carton after it has been Withdrawn from the magazine.

12. The combination of a magazine having ledges upon which the edges of the collapsed carton rest, means adapted to enter the carton at a point intermediate said ledges and force the carton from said ledges to extract it from the magazine, and means cooperating with said extracting means to open the carton after it has been withdrawn from the magazine.

13. The combination of a magazine having spaced ledges upon which opposite edges of a stack of collapsed cartons rest. an arm adapted to enter the end carton in the stack and press thereupon intermediate said ledges toextract the carton from the magazine and carry it into filling position. means cooperatingwith said extracting arm at the filling position for opening the carton. and

means for inserting an article into the open carton.

14. The combination of a magazine having spaced ledges upon which opposite edges of a stack of collapsedcartons rest. an arm adapted to enter the end carton in the stack and press thereupon intermediate said ledges I to extract the-carton from the magazine and carrv it into filling position. a pair of angularlv disposed walls at the filling position against which the extracting arm carries the carton to open the carton, and means for inserting an article into the opened car.- ton.

15. The combination of a magazine having spaced ledges upon which opposite edges of a stack of collapsed cartons rest. an arm adapted to enter the end carton in the stack and press thereupon inte rmediate saidledges to extract the carton from the magazine'arid carry it into fillingposition. a pair of angularlv disposed walls at the filling position against which the extracting arm carries the carton to open the carton, means for inserting an article into the opened carton, and means for relatively positioning the article as it enters the carton.

16. The combination of a magazine having spaced ledges upon which opposite edges of a stack of collapsed cartons rest, an arm adapted to enter the end carton in the stack and press thereupon intermediate said ledges to extract the carton from the magazine and carry it into filling position, a pair of.

angularlv disposed walls at the filling position against which the extracting arm carries the carton to open the carton, means for inserting an article into the opened carton. means for removing the filled carton from the filling position, and means for folding in the end flap as the carton moves.

17. The combination of means for open ing a collapsed carton, means for insertin an article into the opened carton, and p0- sitioning mechanism for turning the article into a predetermined position relative to the carton as it enters the carton.

18. The combination of means for inserting an article into a carton, and justifying means for turning the article into a predetermined position with respect to the carton.

19. The combination of a magazine con taining a supply of cartons, a magazine containing a supply of articles, means for positioning the cartons in filling position, means for inserting the articlesinto the cartons, and a justifier for positioning the articles relative to the cartons as they enter the cartons.

20. The combination of a magazine containing a supply or cartons, a magazine containing a supply of articles, means for positioning the cartons in filling position, means for inserting the articles into the cartons, anda device located at the filling position for justifying the articles as they enter the cartons.

21. The combination of a magazine containing a supply of cartons, a magazine containing a supplyof articles, means for positioning the cartons in filling position, means for inserting the articles into the cartons, and means located at the filling position for rotating the articles about their'longitudinal axes as the articles enter the cartons to justify them with respect to the carton.

22. The combination of a magazine for holding a plurality of collapsible tubes having flattened ends, means for removing the tubes one by one from said magazine, means a for feeding cartons in position to receive said tubes, and means for justifying the tubes with respect to the cartons.

The combination of a magazine for holding a plurality of collapsible tubes having flattened ends. means for removing the tubes one bv one from said magazine, means for feeding cartons in position to receive said tubes, and a device for rotating the tubes on their longitudinal axes to justify their flattened ends with respect to the carton.

24. The combination of a magazine for holding a plurality of collapsible tubes having flattened ends, means for removing the tubes one by one from said magazine, means for feeding cartons in position to receive said tubes, and a cam along which the tubes are moved as they enter the cartons for .justifying their flattened ends with respect to the carton.

The combination of a magazine containing a plurality of normally collapsed cartons, a reciprocating arm adapted to en'- ter one end of the end cartont remove it from the magazine and feed it to filling position, means at the filling position cooperating with said arm' for simultaneously opening the carton, and means operating in unijson with the arm for inserting an article into the carton as the arm withdraws therefrom. 7'

26. The combination of a magazine containing a plurality' of normally collapsed cartons, a reciprocating arm adapted to enter one end of the end carton, remove it from the magazine and feed it to filling position, means at the filling position cooper ating with said arm for simultaneously opening the carton, means operating in unison with the arm for inserting an article into the carton as the arm withdraws there from, and means for justifying the article during its entrance into the carton 27. The combination of mechanism for moving a carton having flaps at its ends to be folded one upon the other, folding devices moving with the carton for turning in some of said flaps, stationary means in the path of the moving carton for turning in other of said flaps, and means for tucking inthe ends of other of said flaps.

28. The combination of transport mechanism for moving a carton having flaps projecting from its end, folders in the path of the carton for turning in some of said end flaps, and moving folders following the carton for turning in other of said flaps in advance of said first mentioned flaps and means for tucking in the ends of said flaps.

29. The combination of transport mecha nism for moving a carton having flaps projecting from its end, folders in the path of the carton for turning in some of said end flaps, moving folders following the carton for turning in other of said flaps in advance of said first mentioned flaps, and mechanism operable after said flaps have been folded in for folding and tucking the free ends of other na s into the carton.

30. The combination of means for moving a carton having end fiaps to be folded,

folder means for folding the flaps as the carton moves and means for bending said flaps about a corner of said carton to form a fastening portion and for tucking said fastening portion of the folded flaps into the carton.

31. The combination of means for moving a carton having an end fiap, means in the path of the flap for folding the flap into its closed position, a carrying member and mechanism mounted on said carrying member for bending a portion of the free end of the flap and tucking it into the carton.

32. The combination of means for moving a carton having an end flap, means in the path of the flap for folding the'fiap into its closed position, a device for bending a portion of the free end of the flap about a corner of the carton and means for inserting said bent free end portion into the carton.

33. The c mbination of means for folding the flap of a carton about a corner of said carton to form a holding portion and tucking mechanism adapted to tuck saidportion of the folded flap into the carton.

34. The combination of means for folding the flap of a carton, a reciprocating carrier means mounted upon said carrier for bending a portion of said flap into a plane at an angle to the plane of the remaining portion of the flap, and tucking mechanism also mounted upon said carrier for inserting said bent portion of the flap into the carton.

The combination of means for folding the flap of a carton, a reciprocating member for bending the free end portion of the flap into substantially the plane of one of the walls of the carton, means for positioning the extreme end of said bent portion with respect to the carton and means for inserting said bent portion into the carton.

36. The combination of means for folding the flaps of a carton having flaps at each end, members operating in unison at each end of the carton for bending the free ends of the flaps against the walls of the carton and for withdrawing the free ends of the flaps beyond the ends of the carton, and tucking mechanism for inserting the ends of the flaps into the carton.

37. The combination of means for moving a carton having flaps at its ends, fixed cam members in the path of the flaps adapted as the carton moves to turn the flaps into the folded position, and tucking mechanism operating at the ends of the carton and embodying reciprocating snub members adapted to fold the free ends of the flaps into substantially the planes of the corresponding carton walls, and for withdrawing the folded ends beyond the ends of the carton, depressors on said snub members for placing the free ends of the flaps in position to be inserted within the carton, and means on said snub members for inserting said free ends into the carton.

38. The combination of means to enter a carton, partially open it and move it laterally, and means in the path of said lateral motion, cooperating with said first named means, to completely open said carton.

39. The combination of means to enter a carton, partially open it and move it laterally, and two members at an angle to one another in the path of said lateral motion, cooperating with said first named means, to completely open said carton.

40. The combination of means for inserting an article into a carton, and means for turning said article into a predetermined position relative to said carton while said article is being inserted.

41. The combination of means for inserting an article into a carton, and means for turning said article about its longitudinal axis to a predetermined position relative to said carton.

42. In a carton closing device, a reciproeating member, means carried by said member for bending over a portion of an end flap of a carton, and means also carried by said reciprocating member for tucking said bent-over portion into said carton.

$3. In a carton forming and filling device, a magazine for holding cartons in a horizontal position, and forming and filling mechanism, said mechanism being adapted to open and fill said cartons While said cartons are still in said horizontal position.

44. In a carton forming and filling mechanism, means for expanding in horizontal position a flattened carton having end flaps, and means for simultaneously closing said end flaps.

45. In a carton forming and filling mechanism, means for supplying cartons in a horizontal position, means for moving said cartons from said supply and simultaneously opening them, means for filling said cartons while in horizontal position, and means for simultaneously closing both ends of said cartons.

t6. The combination of a vertical magazine for holding collapsed cartons having scored lines thereon to determine the line along which said cartons will bend in opening. and means for entering a carton along one of said scored lines for withdrawing said carton from said magazine and opening it.

-lT. The combination of means for holding a flattened carton, and means for entering said carton, said means having an edge portion arranged to bear against said carton along a scored line thereon to open said carton by bending it on said scored line.

45%. The combination of restraining means holding a collapsed carton at separate points, and opening means adapted to enter the carton and apply pressure to the interior of the carton to open said carton, said opening means being adapted to move said carton into filling position.

49. In a machine of the character described, thecombination of a guideway adapted for the reception of a carton having outstanding portion adapted to constitute a closure, mechanism for filling said carton, mechanism in the path of movement of said carton along said guideway for folding certain of said outstanding portions, and mechanism located along the path of movement of the carton along said guideway for forming tucking flaps along the free edges of other of said outstanding portions and for tucking said flaps into the ends of said carton.

50. In a machine of the character described, means for filling a carton having end flaps on each end thereof, means for folding certain of said end flaps, and means for formin tucking flaps along the free edges of ce tain other of said end flaps.

51. The combination of means for moving a carton having flaps at its ends to be folded one upon the other, means for folding some of said end flaps, and means for tucking in the ends of other of said end fiaps between the edges of said folded flaps and side walls of said carton.

52. The combination of mechanism for .moving a carton having flaps at both ends thereof, means for simultaneously folding certain flaps on both ends of said carton, and means for simultaneously tucking in certain of said other flaps on both ends of said carton.

53. The combination of mechanism for moving a carton having flaps at its ends to be folded, folding device movable with the carton for turning in some of said flaps, stationary means in the path of the moving carton for turning in other of said flaps, and means for tucking in the ends of other of said flaps.

54. In combination a device for holding a carton and mechanism for tucking in a plurality of flaps for closing said carton.

55. In a machine for filling and forming cartons, movable means for positioning an end flap in position to be tucked in the said carton, and means for tucking said end flap into said carton to lie adjacent a side wall thereof.

56. In a machine for filling and forming cartons, means for holding a carton and mechanism moving in a straight line for tucking in the end flaps of said carton.

57. In a machine for filling and forming cartons, means for holding a carton and mechanism moving in a line parallel with the sides of said carton for tucking in the end flaps into said carton.

58. In a machine for filling and forming cartons, means for holding a carton and separate devices for tucking in the end flaps on opposite ends of said carton, said devices moving parallel with the sides of'said carton and in opposite directions during said tucking operation.

59. In combination a carton feeding de vice, a magazine for supplying cartons to said device and means for adjusting said cartons relative to said feeding device.

60. In combination a carton feeding device, a source for supplying to said device cartons having scored lines thereon, and means for adjusting said cartons to position the scored lines thereon relative to said feeding device.

61. In a carton forming and filling machine, a feeding device, amagazine for-supplying cartons to said device, and means for adjusting said magazine whereby the cartons therein are positioned relative to said feeding device. I

62. In a carton forming and filling device, a ma azine for supplying cartons having score lines thereon, means for entering said cartons along said scored lines and means for adjusting said magazine to position said cartons relative to said entering means.

63. In combination, means for folding over end flaps of cartons and duplicate means for alining tucking flaps with the inner surface of the walls of said cartons.

64. In combination, means for folding over end flaps of cartons and duplicate means for alining tucking flaps with the inner surface of the walls of said cartons, said alining means being operable toward and away from the planes of the respective walls.

65. In a. machine for closing cartons, means for folding over end flaps on said carton, and duplicate means for tucking in end flaps on said cartons, said tucking means having motion toward and away from each other.

66. In a machine for closing cartons, means for folding over end flaps on said cartons. in combination with duplicate means for tucking in portions of said end flaps, said tucking means having motion inparallel lines.

67. In combination, a closing device for cartons having tucking flaps at opposite ends, and devices for alining said tucking flaps with diagonally opposite corners of the carton.

68. In combination, carton closing means, a chute or guideway and flap tuckers at opposite sides of said guideway.

69. In combination, carton closing means and a chute or guideway having flap tuckers at opposite sides thereof, one set of tuckers being approximately in the plane of one wall of the chute or guideway, and the other approximately in the plane of the opposite Wall of said-chute or guideway.

70. In combination, means for folding flaps of cartons, and means for tucking some of the flaps inside the walls of said cartons, said tuckers having motion parallel with the plane of the respective walls.

71. In combination, means for folding end flaps of cartons, and means for tucking the ends of the flaps under the walls of the cartons, said tuckers being located approximately at diagonally opposite corners of the carton.

72. In combination, a folding device for cartons having tucking flaps, and two. tucking devices symmetrically disposed with relation to a plane through the center of the carton.

73. In combination, a folding device for cartons, having tucking flaps at each end, duplicate devices for alining the tucking flaps with the inner surface of the Walls of the cartons, said alining devices being symmetrically disposed with relation to the center of the carton.

74:. In a carton closing machine, means for tucking an end flap in combination with separate means for alining the end flap with the inner surface of the wall of the carton.

75. In a carton closing machine, means for closing end flaps of a carton, means for tuck ing in one of said end flaps, and a device separate from said tucking means for alining said end flap in position to be tucked.

76. In a carton closing machine, a device for alining an end flap of a carton with the inner surface of a side wall of said carton, and a separate means for tucking in the flap so alined.

77 In a carton closing machine, a device for alining closing-flaps on opposite ends of a carton, and means separate from said alining devices for tucking in the flaps so alined.

78. In a carton closing machine, means for alining closing flaps on opposite corners of a carton, and means for tucking the flaps so alined beneath opposite side walls of said carton.

79. In combination, means for filling a carton while both ends thereof are open, and means for closing said carton and tucking in end flaps at both ends thereof.

80. In combination, means for filling a carton having end flaps at opposite ends thereof, and means for tucking in said end flaps along side Walls of said carton.

81. In combination, means for supporting a carton having closing flaps at opposite ends thereof, and means for tucking in said end flaps at diagonally opposite corners of said carton.

82. In combination, means for opening a flattened carton having end flaps at opposite ends thereof, means for filling said carton, and means for closing and tucking in flaps at opposite ends of said carton.

83. In a carton closing machine, a chute or guideway and means at diagonally opposite corners of said guideway for tucking in closing flaps of cartons in said guideway.

84. In a carton closing machine, a chute or guideway, means along said guideway for closing cartons moved therein, and means at opposite sides of said guideway for tucking in closing flaps of said cartons.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 20th day of August, A. D. 1914.

MICHAEL J. MIIJMOE. iVitnesses:

EDGAR FRANCIS BEAUBIEN, M. HARTY. 

